Cloud Engineer

Job Purpose

Design, build, automate and operate private cloud, hybrid cloud and virtualization platforms. The role is cloud-first, with VMware Cloud Foundation as the primary enterprise private cloud platform and exposure to public cloud integration, platform modernization and infrastructure automation.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain private cloud private cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Engineer and operate VMware Cloud Foundation environments, including ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vSAN and NSX.
• Integrate VMware platforms with Microsoft Azure and AWS services.
• Develop and support automation using PowerShell, PowerCLI and Ansible.
• Design and support production and disaster recovery environments.
• Lead infrastructure refresh, modernization, migration, firmware and patching initiatives.
• Implement and support Commvault Backup solutions.
• Manage enterprise server, storage and virtualization platforms across Dell, HPE and related technologies.
• Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis and major incident resolution.
• Maintain engineering standards, documentation, security and compliance controls.
• Participate in the evaluation and adoption of emerging virtualization and cloud platforms.
• Perform security hardening, monitoring, patching, and compliance management.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud, storage, network, and virtualization issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for architecture and projects.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and runbooks.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Essential Certifications

Mandatory

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering.
• Mware Certified Professional (VCP) or VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP).

Advantageous

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Azure Administrator Associate AWS Cloud Practitioner AWS Solutions Architect. Google Cloud Digital Leader Associate Cloud Engineer
• Hitachi Ops Center Administration Pure Storage Certified Associate NetApp Certified Data Administrator
• Dell Technologies, HPE, Cisco, Mainframe or Huawei infrastructure certifications.

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum of 8 years enterprise infrastructure experience, with strong hands-on capability across hybrid cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, enterprise hardware, storage and data centre engineering.

• Cloud & Hybrid Cloud: Microsoft Azure; Amazon Web Services (AWS); hybrid cloud integrations; cloud infrastructure operations; cloud migration and repatriation initiatives.

• Mware Cloud Platform: VMware ESXi 8.x and 9.x; vSphere; VMware Cloud Foundation; stretched clusters; vSAN; NSX; SDDC; VDC; vRealize Automation; vRealize Operations; vCloud Director.

• Enterprise Infrastructure: HPE & Cisco Enclosure / Chassis, DL Series Gen11+, Dell VxRail and VMware Ready Nodes; Dell PowerEdge R Series and other hardware platforms.

• Storage Platforms: Hitachi, Dell EMC VMAX/VNX, HPE Storage, NetApp and Pure Storage; SAN, NAS, NFS, SMB/CIFS, Fibre Channel and iSCSI.

• Data Centre Engineering: Rack and stack installations; hardware lifecycle management; firmware and patching upgrades; iLO and iDRAC administration; troubleshooting and break-fix support.

Technology Landscape

Domain and Technologies

• Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS, Azure Local, VMware Cloud Foundation
• Transitional Platforms: OpenShift Virtualization, Nutanix AHV, Huawei Cloud Stack, Azure Local
• Software-Defined Infrastructure:  SDDC, NSX, vSAN, VDC, automation and lifecycle management
• Enterprise Hardware: Dell PowerEdge / VxRail / Ready Nodes; HPE C7000 / Synergy / ProLiant; Cisco UCS; Huawei
• Storage & Data Services: Hitachi, Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp, Pure Storage; SAN/NAS/NFS/SMB/CIFS/FC/iSCSI

What Makes This Role Exciting

• Exposure to enterprise-scale VMware Cloud Foundation and hybrid cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS and cloud-adjacent infrastructure services.
• Opportunity to help shape the future virtualization platform strategy across OpenShift Virtualization, Nutanix AHV, Huawei Cloud Stack and Azure Local.
• Involvement in major infrastructure modernization, automation and cloud transformation initiatives.
• A practical engineering role combining cloud platforms, software-defined infrastructure and mission-critical data centre operations.

Technical / Professional Knowledge